SecureWorld News

JULY 10, 2024

Specifically, the settlement required that Tilting Point Media pay $500,000 in civil penalties, along with an expansive list of injunctive relief requiring the app developer to take affirmative steps to ensure it properly discloses its data collection, and, more importantly, obtains proper consent—including parental consent when required.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

I’ve decided it might be time to consider a letting the Internet of Things (IoT) into my home. The problem with many consumer electronics is their planned obsolescence. Does it work without internet? One of my biggest peeves about IoT devices is when they aren’t able to function without internet. someone else’s computer).

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Internet Internet IoT Computers and Electronics 52

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

Now, after more than seven years in prison Hieupc is back in his home country and hoping to convince other would-be cybercrooks to use their computer skills for good. Ten years ago, then 19-year-old hacker Ngo was a regular on the Vietnamese-language computer hacking forums. Hieu Minh Ngo, in his teens. BEGINNINGS.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

alongside Tony Sager , senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security. Earlier this month I spoke at a cybersecurity conference in Albany, N.Y. National Security Agency.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

To gain insights into the financial threat landscape, we analyzed data on malicious activities on the devices of Kaspersky security product users. Individuals who use these products voluntarily made their data available to us through Kaspersky Security Network. All data collected from Kaspersky Security Network was anonymized.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The emails were disguised to look as if they come from the Central Bank of Russia and FinCERT, the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team. All messages sent via email contain FinCERT’s electronic signature.”. The backup channel for sharing information is email.

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